School at shantiniketan (cont-11)

Rathindranath would sit for Matriculation examination that year. His test examination was coming very close. Rabindranath's mind was full of different thoughts. He was thinking about Rathi's test examination. In the puja vacation a few teachers went home but did not return after the vacation, he was worried about that. Some new teachers were appointed and they had to be initiated properly in work, he was concerned about that. He remained absent in the school for a long while and could not conduct the school, and that was another source of worry.
Rabindranath Singh was arranging for puja of mother Kali. He wanted Rathi and Prem(ananda) to come to see the puja. But Rabindranath did not want Rathi to waste any more time away from his study. Rabindranath was concerned about Subodh Chandra Majumdar not turning up after the puja vacation. This time he was advised to take care of the teaching of geography. He hoped that Rathi's lessons were going alright. Narendranath Bhattacharya was teaching geometry but there was no one to guide him in Algebra and Arithmetic. Rabindranath said that he was not sure when he would be able to go to Bolpur. Dr. Kali Prasanna Lahiri was asking for leave. But in his absence, this was not possible.
Jagadananda Roy was suffering from intermittent fever. Subodh was held up by his daughter's illness. With all these concerns, he was not in favour of closing the school during Puja. The sanskrit teacher after many requests went home to fetch his relatives.